Billy Bitzer
Born: 1872-04-21 in Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 1944-04-29
Known For: Camera
Biography
Gottfried Wilhelm "Billy" Bitzer (April 21, 1872 – April 29, 1944) was a pioneering American cinematographer notable for his close association with D. W. Griffith. In 2003, a survey conducted by the International Cinematographers Guild named him one of the ten most influential cinematographers in history. Bitzer, it is said, "developed camera techniques that set the standard for all future motion pictures." Description above from the Wikipedia article Billy Bitzer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2021
- The Méliès Mystery as Self (archive footage)
1934
- The Camera Speaks ... (Story)
1933
- Hotel Variety ... (Director of Photography)
1928
- The Battle of the Sexes ... (Director of Photography)
1925
- The Midnight Girl ... (Director of Photography)
1924
- America ... (Director of Photography)
1923
- The White Rose ... (Director of Photography)
1922
- Sure-Fire Flint ... (Director of Photography)
1921
- Orphans of the Storm ... (Director of Photography)
1920
- Way Down East ... (Director of Photography)
- The Love Flower ... (Director of Photography)
- The Idol Dancer ... (Director of Photography)
1919
- Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl ... (Director of Photography)
- True Heart Susie ... (Director of Photography)
- The Greatest Question ... (Director of Photography)
- Scarlet Days ... (Director of Photography)
- A Romance of Happy Valley ... (Director of Photography)
- The Girl Who Stayed at Home ... (Director of Photography)
- The Mother and the Law ... (Director of Photography)
- The Fall of Babylon ... (Director of Photography)
1918
- Hearts of the World ... (Director of Photography)
- The Greatest Thing in Life ... (Director of Photography)
- The Great Love ... (Director of Photography)
1916
- Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages ... (Director of Photography)
1915
- The Birth of a Nation ... (Director of Photography)
1914
- The Escape ... (Director of Photography)
- Home, Sweet Home ... (Director of Photography)
- Judith of Bethulia ... (Director of Photography)
- The Avenging Conscience ... (Director of Photography)
- Brute Force ... (Cinematography)
1913
- Olaf—An Atom ... (Director of Photography)
- The Battle at Elderbush Gulch ... (Director of Photography)
- The Lady and the Mouse ... (Director of Photography)
- Near To Earth ... (Camera Operator)
- The Unwelcome Guest ... (Director of Photography)
- Death's Marathon ... (Cinematography)
- The Mothering Heart ... (Director of Photography)
- The Coming of Angelo ... (Cinematography)
- An Indian's Loyalty ... (Director of Photography)
- The Little Tease ... (Director of Photography)
- Broken Ways ... (Director of Photography)
- The Wanderer ... (Director of Photography)
- Two Men of the Desert ... (Director of Photography)
1912
- An Unseen Enemy ... (Director of Photography)
- The Sunbeam ... (Director of Photography)
- So Near, Yet So Far ... (Director of Photography)
- A String of Pearls ... (Director of Photography)
- The Musketeers of Pig Alley ... (Director of Photography)
- One Is Business, the Other Crime ... (Director of Photography)
- A Beast at Bay ... (Director of Photography)
- The Massacre ... (Director of Photography)
- A Pueblo Legend ... (Cinematography)
- The Painted Lady ... (Director of Photography)
- The School Teacher and the Waif ... (Director of Photography)
- The Lesser Evil ... (Director of Photography)
- The New York Hat ... (Director of Photography)
- Lena and the Geese ... (Director of Photography)
- My Baby ... (Director of Photography)
- A Lodging for the Night ... (Director of Photography)
- The Sands of Dee ... (Cinematography)
- The Mender of Nets ... (Director of Photography)
- The Burglar’s Dilemma ... (Director of Photography)
- Iola's Promise ... (Director of Photography)
- A Feud in the Kentucky Hills ... (Director of Photography)
- The Root of Evil ... (Director of Photography)
- Friends ... (Director of Photography)
- The Goddess of Sagebrush Gulch ... (Director of Photography)
- A Temporary Truce ... (Director of Photography)
- The Girl and Her Trust ... (Director of Photography)
1911
- Enoch Arden ... (Director of Photography)
- The New Dress ... (Cinematography)
- The Spanish Gypsy ... (Cinematography)
- His Trust ... (Director of Photography)
- The Broken Cross ... (Cinematography)
- What Shall We Do with Our Old? ... (Cinematography)
- The Two Paths ... (Cinematography)
- The Long Road ... (Director of Photography)
- His Trust Fulfilled ... (Director of Photography)
- The Lonedale Operator ... (Director of Photography)
- The Primal Call ... (Director of Photography)
- A Country Cupid ... (Cinematography)
- The Last Drop of Water ... (Director of Photography)
- Teaching Dad to Like Her ... (Director of Photography)
- The Voice of the Child ... (Director of Photography)
- Bobby the Coward ... (Cinematography)
- The Miser's Heart ... (Director of Photography)
- The Battle ... (Director of Photography)
- Paradise Lost ... (Cinematography)
- Enoch Arden: Part I ... (Director of Photography)
- Swords and Hearts ... (Director of Photography)
- Fighting Blood ... (Cinematography)
- The Italian Barber ... (Cinematography)
- The Adventures of Billy ... (Cinematography)
- Italian Blood ... (Director of Photography)
- Fate's Turning ... (Cinematography)
- When a Man Loves ... (Director of Photography)
- Enoch Arden: Part II ... (Director of Photography)
- The Sorrowful Example ... (Cinematography)
- The Rose of Kentucky ... (Director of Photography)
- The Making of a Man ... (Director of Photography)
- The Unveiling ... (Cinematography)
- The Trail of Books ... (Director of Photography)
- Madame Rex ... (Cinematography)
- The Squaw's Love ... (Cinematography)
- The Blind Princess and the Poet ... (Cinematography)
- How She Triumphed ... (Cinematography)
- The Indian Brothers ... (Cinematography)
- Heart Beats of Long Ago ... (Cinematography)
- Fisher Folks ... (Director of Photography)
- Saved from Himself ... (Cinematography)
- The Revenue Man and His Girl ... (Cinematography)
- A Knight of the Road ... (Cinematography)
- The Thief and the Girl ... (Cinematography)
- Her Sacrifice ... (Cinematography)
- The Diamond Star ... (Cinematography)
1910
- That Chink at Golden Gulch ... (Cinematography)
- The Usurer ... (Director of Photography)
- The Two Brothers ... (Cinematography)
- A Child of the Ghetto ... (Cinematography)
- The Oath and the Man ... (Cinematography)
- Ramona ... (Director of Photography)
- Waiter No. 5 ... (Director of Photography)
- The Rocky Road ... (Cinematography)
- The Call ... (Cinematography)
- The Iconoclast ... (Director of Photography)
- An Arcadian Maid ... (Cinematography)
- The Newlyweds ... (Cinematography)
- Sunshine Sue ... (Director of Photography)
- The Unchanging Sea ... (Director of Photography)
- A Child's Impulse ... (Cinematography)
- The Lesson ... (Director of Photography)
- What the Daisy Said ... (Director of Photography)
- Wilful Peggy ... (Director of Photography)
- The Modern Prodigal ... (Cinematography)
- The Cloister’s Touch ... (Cinematography)
- Love Among the Roses ... (Cinematography)
- Over Silent Paths ... (Cinematography)
- Rose o' Salem Town ... (Director of Photography)
- The Golden Supper ... (Cinematography)
- Winning Back His Love ... (Cinematography)
- A Flash of Light ... (Director of Photography)
- In the Border States ... (Director of Photography)
- The Fugitive ... (Director of Photography)
- In Old California ... (Cinematography)
- The Honor of His Family ... (Director of Photography)
- Her Terrible Ordeal ... (Cinematography)
- The House with Closed Shutters ... (Director of Photography)
- The Refuge ... (Cinematography)
- Faithful ... (Cinematography)
- As It Is in Life ... (Cinematography)
- The Face at the Window ... (Cinematography)
- The Sorrows of the Unfaithful ... (Cinematography)
- Muggsy's First Sweetheart ... (Cinematography)
1909
- The Necklace ... (Director of Photography)
- The Sacrifice ... (Director of Photography)
- What Drink Did ... (Director of Photography)
- The Sealed Room ... (Director of Photography)
- 1776, or The Hessian Renegades ... (Director of Photography)
- Mr. Jones Has a Card Party ... (Director of Photography)
- The Lonely Villa ... (Director of Photography)
- Nursing a Viper ... (Cinematography)
- The Curtain Pole ... (Story)
- The Maniac Cook ... (Director of Photography)
- The Cricket on the Hearth ... (Cinematography)
- A Corner in Wheat ... (Director of Photography)
- The Slave ... (Cinematography)
- Tender Hearts ... (Cinematography)
- The Fascinating Mrs. Francis ... (Director of Photography)
- Mr. Jones’ Burglar ... (Cinematography)
- The Violin Maker of Cremona ... (Cinematography)
- A Rural Elopement ... (Director of Photography)
- Fools of Fate ... (Cinematography)
- To Save Her Soul ... (Director of Photography)
- The Welcome Burglar ... (Director of Photography)
- Love Finds a Way ... (Director of Photography)
- The Salvation Army Lass ... (Cinematography)
- At the Altar ... (Director of Photography)
- Through the Breakers ... (Director of Photography)
- The Gibson Goddess ... (Cinematography)
- The Suicide Club ... (Director of Photography)
- They Would Elope ... (Director of Photography)
- The Light That Came ... (Cinematography)
- A Change of Heart ... (Cinematography)
- The Lure of the Gown ... (Cinematography)
- Those Awful Hats ... (Director of Photography)
- The Awakening ... (Cinematography)
- A Strange Meeting ... (Cinematography)
- Her First Biscuits ... (Cinematography)
- Oh, Uncle! ... (Cinematography)
- The Day After ... (Director of Photography)
- A Trap for Santa Claus ... (Director of Photography)
- The Cord of Life ... (Director of Photography)
- The Girls and Daddy ... (Cinematography)
- A Drunkard's Reformation ... (Director of Photography)
- Getting Even ... (Director of Photography)
- The Renunciation ... (Cinematography)
- What's Your Hurry? ... (Cinematography)
- The Son's Return ... (Director of Photography)
- Lady Helen's Escapade ... (Cinematography)
- Confidence ... (Cinematography)
- Leather Stocking ... (Cinematography)
- The Restoration ... (Cinematography)
- The Cardinal's Conspiracy ... (Cinematography)
- The Indian Runner's Romance ... (Cinematography)
- The Mountaineer's Honor ... (Director of Photography)
- The Way of Man ... (Director of Photography)
- The Country Doctor ... (Director of Photography)
- His Duty ... (Cinematography)
- In Old Kentucky ... (Cinematography)
- Lines of White on a Sullen Sea ... (Director of Photography)
- The Criminal Hypnotist ... (Director of Photography)
- The Redman's View ... (Director of Photography)
- The Mended Lute ... (Cinematography)
- The Little Darling ... (Director of Photography)
- Pippa Passes ... (Cinematography)
- Resurrection ... (Cinematography)
- The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals ... (Director of Photography)
- Two Memories ... (Director of Photography)
- The Honor of Thieves ... (Director of Photography)
- The Broken Locket ... (Director of Photography)
- Edgar Allan Poe ... (Director of Photography)
- Lucky Jim
- Comata, the Sioux ... (Director of Photography)
- The Peachbasket Hat ... (Cinematography)
- The Voice of the Violin ... (Cinematography)
- The Faded Lilies ... (Cinematography)
- The Politician's Love Story ... (Cinematography)
- Sweet and Twenty ... (Director of Photography)
1908
- Money Mad ... (Director of Photography)
- Romance of a Jewess ... (Cinematography)
- The Invisible Fluid ... (Director of Photography)
- The Call of the Wild ... (Cinematography)
- The King's Messenger ... (Director of Photography)
- After Many Years ... (Cinematography)
- King of the Cannibal Islands ... (Director of Photography)
- A Smoked Husband ... (Cinematography)
- The Planter's Wife ... (Cinematography)
- Mr. Jones at the Ball ... (Director of Photography)
- Betrayed by a Handprint ... (Cinematography)
- The Christmas Burglars ... (Director of Photography)
- The Song of the Shirt ... (Cinematography)
- Where the Breakers Roar ... (Cinematography)
- The Black Viper ... (Cinematography)
- A Famous Escape ... (Cinematography)
- A Calamitous Elopement ... (Cinematography)
- When Knights Were Bold ... (Director of Photography)
- The Adventures of Dollie ... (Director)
- The Zulu's Heart ... (Director of Photography)
- Old Isaacs, the Pawnbroker ... (Cinematography)
- Mixed Babies ... (Cinematography)
- The Sculptor's Nightmare ... (Cinematography)
- Deceived Slumming Party ... (Cinematography)
- Hulda's Lovers ... (Director of Photography)
- Over the Hills to the Poor House ... (Director of Photography)
- The Feud and the Turkey ... (Cinematography)
- The Valet's Wife ... (Director of Photography)
- 'Ostler Joe ... (Cinematography)
- Professional Jealousy ... (Cinematography)
- Father Gets in the Game ... (Director of Photography)
- The Taming of the Shrew ... (Director of Photography)
- Her First Adventure ... (Cinematography)
- The Princess in the Vase ... (Cinematography)
- The Outlaw ... (Cinematography)
- Caught by Wireless ... (Cinematography)
- The Music Master ... (Director of Photography)
- Bobby's Kodak ... (Cinematography)
1907
- Jamestown Exposition ... (Camera Operator)
- Fights of Nations ... (Director of Photography)
- Mr. Hurry-up ... (Director of Photography)
- Trial Marriages ... (Director of Photography)
1906
- The Impossible Convicts ... (Cinematography)
- San Francisco Disaster ... (Cinematography)
- San Francisco: Aftermath of Earthquake ... (Director of Photography)
- Logging in Maine ... (Director)
- From Leadville to Aspen: A Hold-Up in the Rockies ... (Director of Photography)
- Dr. Dippy's Sanitarium ... (Director of Photography)
- Married for Millions ... (Director of Photography)
1905
- Latina, Contortionist ... (Director of Photography)
- New York Subway ... (Director)
- A Kentucky Feud ... (Director of Photography)
- Peeping Tom in the Dressing Room ... (Director of Photography)
- Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son ... (Director of Photography)
- A Trip to Salt Lake City ... (Director of Photography)
- 2 A.M. in the Subway ... (Cinematography)
- She Banked in Her Stocking; or, Robbed of Her All ... (Director of Photography)
- A Ballroom Tragedy ... (Director of Photography)
- Duel Scene from Macbeth ... (Cinematography)
- Wrestling at the New York Athletic Club ... (Director)
- In the Swimming Pool, Palm Beach, Florida ... (Camera Operator)
- The Summer Boarders ... (Cinematography)
- The Broker's Athletic Typewriter ... (Cinematography)
- Lifting the Lid ... (Cinematography)
- Bathing in the Ice at the L Street Bath, Boston ... (Director of Photography)
- Spirit of '76 ... (Cinematography)
- Teasing ... (Cinematography)
- A Pipe Dream ... (Cinematography)
1904
- Panorama View, Street Car Motor Room ... (Director of Photography)
- Steam Hammer ... (Director)
- Girls Taking Time Checks ... (Director of Photography)
- The Chicken Thief ... (Director of Photography)
- Personal ... (Director of Photography)
- Westinghouse Air Brake Co. (Casting Scene) ... (Director)
- The Lost Child ... (Cinematography)
- Taping Coils ... (Director)
- Panorama of Machine Co. Aisle ... (Director of Photography)
- The Widow and the Only Man ... (Cinematography)
- Children in the Surf at Coney Island ... (Director)
- Tapping a Furnace ... (Director)
- The Baby and the Puppies ... (Cinematography)
- Testing Large Turbines, Westinghouse Co. Works ... (Director)
- Casting a Guide Box ... (Director)
- Testing a Rotary ... (Director of Photography)
- Westinghouse Works ... (Director of Photography)
- The Opening the Williamsburg Bridge ... (Cinematography)
- The Hero of Liao-Yang ... (Director of Photography)
- Assembling a Generator ... (Director)
- Automobiling Among the Clouds ... (Director of Photography)
- The Coney Island Beach Patrol ... (Director)
- A Cake Walk on the Beach at Coney Island ... (Director)
- Assembling and Testing Turbines ... (Director)
- Welding the Big Ring ... (Director)
- Panorama Exterior Westinghouse Works ... (Director)
- The Battle of the Yalu ... (Cinematography)
- Panoramic View, Aisle B, Westinghouse Works ... (Director)
- Westinghouse Air Brake Co. ... (Director)
- Steam Whistle ... (Director)
- Alone ... (Director of Photography)
- Coil Winding Section E ... (Director)
- Westinghouse Employees, Westinghouse Works ... (Director)
- Coil Winding Machines ... (Director)
- Automobile Race for the Vanderbilt Cup ... (Cinematography)
- The Swimming Class ... (Cinematography)
- Girls Winding Armatures ... (Director)
- Westinghouse Air Brake Co. (Moulding Scene) ... (Director)
1903
- Pres. Roosevelt's Fourth of July Oration ... (Director)
- Weighing the Baby ... (Director of Photography)
- Murder Scene from "King of the Detectives" ... (Director of Photography)
- Happy Hooligan Interferes ... (Director of Photography)
- A Frontier Flirtation; or, How the Tenderfoot Won Out ... (Director of Photography)
- Orphans in the Surf ... (Director)
- Willie's Camera ... (Director of Photography)
- The Physical Culture Girl, No. 2 ... (Director of Photography)
- The Haymarket ... (Director of Photography)
- The Boy In The Barrel ... (Camera Operator)
- Betsy Ross Dance ... (Director of Photography)
- Strictly Fresh Eggs ... (Camera Operator)
- The Giddy Dancing Master ... (Director of Photography)
- The Fate of the Artist's Model ... (Director of Photography)
- The Physical Culture Girl, No. 1 ... (Director of Photography)
- Hooligan in Jail ... (Director of Photography)
- Expert Bag Punching ... (Director)
- Levi & Cohen, the Irish Comedians ... (Director of Photography)
- N.Y. Fire Department Returning ... (Director)
- Catch-As-Catch-Can Wrestling Bout ... (Cinematography)
- The Dude and the Burglars ... (Director of Photography)
1902
- Baby in a Rage ... (Camera Operator)
1901
- The Georgetown Loop (Colorado) ... (Director of Photography)
- President McKinley Inauguration ... (Director)
1899
- Across Brooklyn Bridge ... (Director)
- Panorama from the Tower of the Brooklyn Bridge ... (Director)
- Stealing a Dinner ... (Director of Photography)
1897
- At the Top of Brooklyn Bridge ... (Director)
1896
- McKinley at Home, Canton, Ohio ... (Director of Photography)
- American Falls from Luna Island ... (Cinematography)
- Little Egypt ... (Camera Operator)
- American Falls from Goat Island ... (Cinematography)
- Hard Wash ... (Cinematography)